Walram II (Zweibrücken)

Walram II. , (* Around 1298 ; † September 29, 1366 ) was Count of Zweibrücken and governor in Lorraine .

Since Walram was still very young when his father Simon died early , his mother Agnes von Saarbrücken ran government business until around 1327 and was supported in this by Count Eberhard von Zweibrücken-Bitsch, his grandfather's brother.

During the reign of Walram II, Zweibrücken was raised to town by King Karl in 1352 together with Hornbach . According to Albert Becker , this was a sign of mercy for Walram's support in Karl's fight for the crown with Günther von Schwarzburg .

Walram's grandfather, Walram I. , and his brother Eberhard had divided the inherited county into two independent domains and thus established the county of Zweibrücken-Bitsch . Due to unclear legal relationships and frequent disputes, Walram II and Count Simon I von Zweibrücken-Bitsch signed a definitive partition agreement on September 13, 1333, a so-called death division , in which all goods and rights were listed and assigned in detail. It was only in this contract that the division into the two houses of Zweibrücken-Zweibrücken and Zweibrücken-Bitsch was definitely completed.

At the Reichstag in Nuremberg in 1356, Walram was appointed imperial governor of Lorraine by Charles, who was now emperor, an office he held until 1364.

Walram II is considered to be the most important in the line of the Zweibrücken counts, who significantly enlarged the area of ​​the county. He was married to Johanna von Bar-Pierrefort. The couple had a son, Eberhard , deceased in 1394, married to Lyse Countess von Veldenz. Eberhard was the last Count of Zweibrücken.

literature

• Theodor Julius Ney:  Walram II (Count of and zu Zweibrücken) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 45, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1900, p. 522 f.

predecessor	Office	successor
Simon	Count of Zweibrücken 1311-1366	Eberhard